Apparatus for drawing liquids



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H. M. POWERS.

APPARATUS FOR DRAWING LIQUIDS.

No. 329,945. v Patented-Nov.,10, 1885.

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HENDERSON M. PoWERsoF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR DRAWING LIQUIDS.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.329,945, datedNovember 10, 1885.

Application filed September 15, 1885. Serial No. 177,156. (No model.)

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENDERSON M. Pow- ERS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inApparatus for Drawing Liquids; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and usethe. same.

This invention has for'its object to allow grocers or otherstore-keepers to conveniently withdraw liquids from barrelsor otherreceptacles located at more or less distant points withoutbeing obligedto go to said receptacles; and, further, to provide for drawing two ormore different liquids into the same casing,

. insuring the separation of the overflow of ing my invention.

said liquids and the return of each liquid thus overflowing to its ownreceptacle, and securing the pumps in position and protecting them frominjury.

Thesaid invention consists, partly, in the combination of a casingdivided into independent overflow compartments with outletpipes leadingtherefrom, valves for closing said outlet-pipes, and mechanism foroperat ing said valves simultaneously, as hereinafter set forth.

The said invention further consists in the combination, with each pump,of its supplytube and an outlettube for overflow, the latter tubedischarging into the former.

It also consists in the combination, with the pumpsupply tube andoutlet-tube, of a valve and pitman for opening and closing said outlet.

It consists, finally, in certain special features of construction andcombination, hereinafter particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a planview of thedevices embody- Fig. 2 represents a central vertical longitudinalsection of the same, and Fig. 3 represents a vertical transverse sectionof the same through the valve-operating devices. Fig. 4 represents adetail vertical section of one of the pumps. Fig. 5 represents ahorizontal section through the removable lower valve and casing, andFig. 6 represents a detail perspective view, taken from below of theclam ping blocks, bolts, and screw partments, A A in each one of whichis located a pump, B B, provided with a suctionpiston, I), having aball-valve, b. In the lower end of the pump-casing is a removablesupplemental valve, 0, and thence a tube, D D, extends to a barrel inthe cellar or any other more orless distant receptacle for liquid.Gompartment Ais provided with an outlet-pipe, E, which empties into thesupply-tube D of pump B in said compartment, and compartment A islikewise provided with an outletpipe, E, which extends similarly to thetube D of pump B. These outlet-pipes are opened and closed byoutlet-valves F F, arranged, respectively, in said compartments andsuspended therein by pitmen G G. The upper ends of these pitmen are hungon studs 9 g,

eccentrically attached, respectively, to disks H H, carried by ahorizontaltransverse shaft, I. This shaft is journaled in the ends of abearing-drum, J, which is slotted, to allow the protrusion and operationof an arm, K, whereby said shaft is rocked, to raise or lower saidvalves. Thisbearing-drum is formed with or attached rigidly to anupright longitudinal bracket-plate, L, which is bifurcated to embracepartition a, and bolted detachably thereto. Perforated false bottoms Mare provided for said compartments, which allow the oil or other liquidthat drips from the pumps or overflows from the vessels filled therebyto pass down to the truebottom, but will prevent the passage of rubbish.These false bottoms are cut away around the pumps and above the valves,as shown. The pumps are held in place by two clamp-blocks, N N, theformer being bolted to the under side of the floor below the casing A,and the latter secured to said block N by a clampingscrew, O, whichworks laterally and allows block N to be withdrawn or advanced, asrequired.

When said block N is forced tightly against the relatively stationaryblock N, the inner faces of said blocksbeing recessed to embrace thecasings of said pumps, will fit tightly against all points of theircircumference, and hold them as in avise. The removablelower valves, 0,of said pumps are mountedin slides 1?, which are laterally movable inguideways p of said pump-casings,and provided with eyes 1), whereby theymay be conveniently draw 11 out at will, exterior independent hookscatching into said eyes for that purpose. The removal in this manner ofsaid slides and'valves allows the latter to be repaired with greatfacility.

The construction of pumps, valves, and tubes shown for drawing from twobarrels or reservoirs is the same when a greater number are employed,except only theincrease or multiplication of corresponding parts. Theoutlets may of course be arranged atthe end of the casing, with theoutlet-valves external thereto; but the arrangement shown has theadvantage of affording better protection to all the parts.

.The operation is as follows: The grocer or other person desiring to usethis apparatus attaches the tube D to one barrel of oil or otherliquid,the tube D to a barrel of another I kind of liquid, and so onwith all the tubes in said barrels.

use. The outlet-valves are normally closed, to prevent any dust orforeign matters from passing down through the outlet-pipes to the when acustomer calls for any particular kind of oil or other liquid, the pumpappropriated thereto is worked to draw a sufficient quantity thereof. Itis of course practically impossible to draw the exact amount requiredand no more. The overflow and also any dripping falls into the bottom ofthe compartment which contains said pump. It is prevented from mixingwith that in any adjoining compartment by the interposed partition.Whenever itis thought best or proper, the shaft I is rocked so as toraise the outlet-valves and allow the liquid from each compartment toflow back to its proper reservoir, with no risk of mixing or goingwrong. The shaft I is then turned back again, and the valves F Frestored thereby to their former position, closing the outlets. By theuse of these devices I am enabled without any risk of mixture, wastage,or contamina- .ient number of different liquids within the tion to drawany one or more of any convena moment. The practical advantages of thisare obvious. They are further increased by the factthat two or morepumps may be simultaneously operated without interfering in the leastwith one another. Thus two clerks may wait on two customers at once,supplying them from the same casing. When they are not actuallyin use,the closing of coverAwill efiectually protect the pumps and valves fromthe intrusion of foreign matter.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The casing divided into independent overflow-compartments, incombination with outletpipes leading therefrom, valves for closing saidoutlet-pipes, and mechanism for operating said valves simultaneously,for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of a pump and its supply-tube with an outlet-tubewhich discharges into said supply-tube,and avalve for opening andclosing the latter, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a pump and supply and outlet tubes or pipes withan outlet-valve, and a pitman for raising and lowering the same to openand close said outlet, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the outlet-valves and the shaft and interveningdevices for operating them all simultaneously with the pumps, and thecasing which receives and retains the several kinds of liquid in itscompartments, substantially as set forth.

5. The removable lower valve, 0, and the slide in which it is mounted,in combination with the pump-casing provided with lateral guidewayswhich allow the withdrawal of said slide, substantially as set forth.

6. A casing divided into two or more comits pump, substantially as setforth.

I11 testimony whereof I afflx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENDERSON M. POWERS. vWitnesses: I

ANDREW H. HERSHEY,- JOHN H. RIDENOUR.

